For women, each stage of life brings new physical changes. Sometimes it seems like our bodies are constantly shifting gears as we grow and mature. And as they do, our nutritional needs change, too. Each new phase requires different nutrients to help support our optimal health.

The Right Nutrients for Every Stage of Life

From early adulthood through menopausal years, women need sound nutrition to support optimal health. It’s not always easy to get what we need through our diets alone, though — so we may need nutritional supplements to help support us.

Making Nutrition More Convenient

Unfortunately, between work deadlines, necessary errands, family life, and more, one of your biggest daily challenges might actually be getting the important nutrients you need. But thankfully, nutritional supplements are an easy way to get the nutrients you need, even when you’re on the go.

The Nutrients We Need, Today and Tomorrow

There are supplements created with a special formula designed specifically to support women’s health. These supplements include:

A daily multivitamin to protect against free radicals and get you important daily phytonutrients

If a daily multivitamin is part of your morning routine, you should know: You can get more from your supplement – and even customize your vitamin regimen with nutrients that might be missing from your diet. Here’s how…

1. Talk to Your Doctor Before You Start

Your doctor can help you determine whether a daily multivitamin/multimineral supplement and other specific nutrient supplements are right for you, and help you avoid adverse interactions between supplements and any prescription medications you take.

2. Consider Your Needs

Consider your overall needs before choosing a daily foundational supplement. Look for one that provides nutrients that may be missing from your diet.

There are certain Phytonutrient and Concentrated supplements that may help you fill nutrient gaps – especially if you are not getting all the vitamin and minerals you need because you don’t eat the recommended five servings of fruits and veggies every day.

3. Follow Label Directions

This is crucial. If a supplement should be taken three times a day, you don’t need any more than that. And if the manufacturer recommends taking it with meals, it usually means the nutrients absorb better with food.

4. Consider a Timed-release Supplement

Taking vitamin C three times a day, for example, gives you valuable antioxidants around the clock. A timed-release vitamin C supplement ensures a steady stream of the nutrient in your body throughout the day.

Supplement benefits depend on your age, needs, lifestyle and typical diet. The bottom line: Being supplement-savvy means getting more from your supplements, every single day!

Want to know more about achieving your own optimal health? Call or Whatsapp me at (246) 233-2502 or email tachwellnessinfo@gmail.com.

Vitamin D is in milk and other fortified dairy products, egg yolks and fish oil.

Calcium also is in milk, cheese, yogurt, tofu and calcium-fortified orange juice.

Iron is in beef and other red meats, turkey, pork, spinach, beans and prunes.

Busy Life

However, for some lifestyles, achieving a balanced diet every single day can be downright difficult, if not impossible. Between work, school, practices and play dates, nutritious, home-cooked meals often fall by the wayside.

Medical conditions can also make healthy eating difficult, and medications to treat these conditions often add to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Plus, many kids are picky eaters who aren’t afraid to stare down a plate of carrots rather than letting one get near their lips.

In those cases, supplements can be a great option. They are also good for children who are incredibly active, are on a restricted diet such as vegetarian or dairy-free, or consume a lot of processed foods and soda – the main offerings of fast food restaurants.

Supplement Options

There are several vitamin and supplement options to help fill those gaps, even for the pickiest eaters.

Want to know more about making sure your kids are getting all their nutrients? Call or Whatsapp me at (246) 233-2502 or email tachwellnessinfo@gmail.com.

Have you heard about phosphates? They’re the chemicals that are often used in products like laundry detergents, to help soften hard water and keep dirt in your washer rather than on your clothes. But in recent years, they’ve come under scrutiny, and more and more countries are trying to cut down on their use.

What’s Wrong with Phosphates?

Phosphates are natural fertilizers. When they enter a waterway, they can promote excessive plant growth and decay, which causes water quality to deteriorate and suffocates aquatic life.

Runoff from farms and lawns fertilized with phosphates is the largest contributor to phosphate pollution in waterways. And while pollution from detergents is comparatively small, companies committed to environmentally friendly products are doing what they can to alleviate it.

Banning Phosphates In Some Parts of the World

In fact, regulators in many countries have established a ban on the use of phosphates.

In regions of the world where phosphates are allowed, most retail laundry brands still sell formulas that contain them. But others have been committed to marketing phosphate-free detergents around the world for many years.

Look to supporting phosphate-free laundry detergent and other eco-friendly cleaning products this year.

We hear about the benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids a lot, and with good reason! They’re the building blocks of the cells that make up our bodies.

These powerful, essential fats offer lots of great health benefits for people of all ages. Whether we’re maintaining the good health we already have — or taking steps to achieve optimal health of our eyes, joints, heart, and more — virtually anyone can benefit from getting plenty of Omega-3s.

DHA and EPA: What Can They Do For Us?

The two most important types of Omega-3s, when it comes to human physiology, are:

DHA, which plays a crucial role in eye and brain health

EPA, which helps support cardiovascular and joint health

How Do We Get Omega-3s?

Both types of Omega-3s can be found in healthy, naturally fatty foods like salmon, as well as nuts and seeds. But unfortunately, our bodies don’t make Omega-3s from scratch.

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”Aristotle

When people talk about peak performance, most automatically think they’re referring to sports or athletics. But what if it was their LIFE they were talking about?

Performing at your best can be a mix of working hard and then recovering, similar to what athletes do when they train and then cool down. Five main areas to focus on would be sleep, eating, hydration, activation prior to exercise, and strength.

While these areas may be geared more towards a pro athlete, you’ll see how they can pretty useful in your own personal life.

Sleep Is Important

Experts recommend that most adults need 7-8 hours of sleep a night. To help that along, make sure you have a good sleeping environment – cool, dark and quiet. If quiet is a challenge, try some white noise devices. Establishing a bedtime routine is helpful, too, especially one that eliminates electronics before bed.

It’s recommended that you get 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables every day. If you need a little help, consider dietary supplements to help fill the gaps.

Young African American woman drinking water.

Drink Your Water

Every cell of your body is affected when you don’t get enough water. Even your bones are made with water. How much you should drink each day depends on your body size, your physical activity, and even the climate in which you live.

The average person should drink between 72 and 96 ounces of water each day to replace fluids lost through daily activities. If you have an 8-ounce glass, that’s between 9 and 12 glasses each day.

Warm Up Your Muscles

Activation is the technical term for warming up your muscles. Doing some small exercises with the muscles you’re about to really work on tells your brain to get those muscles ready, or activate them so they can perform at their best when the real challenge comes.

Strength Training

Strength training isn’t just for bodybuilders or pro athletes. Benefits include helping reduce body fat, burning calories more efficiently and preventing the loss of lean muscle that happens as you age.

It can also help develop strong bones, manage your weight, improve your balance and sharpen your thinking and learning skills.

Extra Tip: Regular Exercise

We should try to get 20-30 minutes of movement 3-4 a week – even if it’s just walking.

These days, a distinct scent for a man is kind of a necessity. A scent is like a signature that lingers on your clothes, and stays in the minds of the people you meet.

With that in mind, here’s a list of things to be on the lookout for when it comes to colognes and perfumes – from scent construction, to choosing and wearing cologne.

Fragrance Construction

Colognes and other fragrances are constructed of top notes, middle notes, and base notes. These scents work together to create the complete scent.

Top Notes are the first impression that the scent will give you, usually bold scents. Words like ‘crisp’, ‘fresh’ and ‘citrus-y’ are common, and powerful extracts are usually used here. The top notes will not last very long, and give way to the middle notes.

Middle Notes can consist of soft floral notes that usually last less than 30 minutes.

Base Notes are the lasting subtle scent that a fragrance leaves on you, and can emerge about 30 minutes to an hour after you apply.

These notes together create the layered story that colognes tell. Does the cologne start with a blast of fresh citrus, and then give way to a smoky woodsy note? A basic understanding of these notes can help anyone distinguish a “just okay” cologne from an “oh wow” one.

Wearing Your New Cologne

The wrist and neck are ‘pulse points’ where your body generates the most heat, and the cologne will emanate outward from your body.

One of the most common problems when wearing cologne is the application. Tips on wearing cologne:

The wrist and neck are ‘pulse points’ where your body generates the most heat, and the cologne will emanate outward from your body.

Cologne worn on the chest is kept away from the air, and will linger throughout the day and night.

Don’t hit yourself again if you can’t smell it. That’s the idea. It’s only supposed to be noticeable once you get up close and personal.

Don’t wear a powerfully scented deodorant with your cologne.

The combination of heat and sweat greatly amplifies the smell of your cologne; apply sparingly on hot days.

Did you know that the quality of life can be affected when drinking water travels through distribution systems that aren’t properly maintained. That even includes home plumbing.

We’re seeing more and more people becoming aware of the water contaminants that come from human activities and naturally occurring circumstances. And we get that you’re looking for ways to make your water safer, right at home.

So why not invest in a UV Water Filtration System? It reduces more than 140 potential health-effect contaminants that may be in drinking water, and its UV light effectively destroys more than 99.99 percent of waterborne disease-causing bacteria and viruses that may be in drinking water

One of the best things about an in-home water filter treatment system is the “Smart” electronic monitoring that tells you when to order and change the filter cartridge (about once a year). It also ensures the system is operating properly, delivering high-quality, clean water at every use.

As the holiday season approaches it is so easy to get in a rut of automatic giving. We make shopping lists, brainstorm the perfect gifts, and focus on giving gifts. We even feel the stress during the holidays of navigating our friends’ and families’ expectations for where we should be giving our time during the holiday season.

In the flurry of all the stress to give during the holidays, we tend to forget the life-changing gift of giving ourselves the gift of health and self care we each deserve. And by self care, we mean doing what you need to do in order to stay healthy, energetic, and present in your life – during the stress of the holidays and beyond.

Schedule time to take a breath during the holiday season.

Give yourself the time to take a walk, enjoy a yoga class, or even do some breathing exercises. Acknowledge when you’re tired and need more rest. And fuel yourself with plenty of foods that will nourish your body, give you energy, and support your immune system.

Don’t wait until the first of the year to make a resolution that you know you will break! Say “yes” to making healthy choices and taking one small step at a time now — without the pressure of perfection that a resolution usually carries and START NOW.